Tire recycling as a business. Rubber crusher Homemade crusher for rubber tires

A rubber shredder from the leading enterprise in our country, AMD Plast, will turn waste from the production of rubber products of all shapes and densities into small crumbs. The choice of such a shredder for a particular enterprise will be determined by the amount of waste and the technical properties of specific models. Crusher brands AMD-200D, AMD-400D, AMD-600D, AMD-600DU are suitable for recycling rubber. We invite you to take a closer look at them and correlate them with the needs and features of your production.

Rubber shredder AMD-200D

This rotor-type model shreds mainly hard plastics and waste from the production of dense rubber products, the thickness of which should not exceed 5 mm. It is advisable to use a machine with a power of 4 kW and a productivity of 50-70 kg/h for processing small volumes of waste from your own enterprise. Such machines can be installed in toy factories, in the production of rugs, seals and other products of wide use. The equipment is small-sized, economical and safe. The package includes 5 double-sided sharpening knives, a rotor with a rotation speed of 1500 rpm, a low-power motor, a calibrating mesh with a hole diameter of 8 mm.

Andrey Lyashchenko

Rubber shredder AMD-400D

Rotary type equipment with increased power and productivity up to 100 kg of waste per hour. Its acquisition will be a great help for the industrial processing of large volumes of rubber residues. In addition to warehouses, hypermarkets and points for the procurement and disposal of recyclable materials, it is used in mechanical engineering and instrument making. The wall thickness of processed products is 5-8 mm. Recycling of hard materials is preferred. Engine power 7.5 kW. 6 knives are staggered on the rotor and 2 more on the bed. The crusher will not harm employees, will pay for itself in a short time, does not consume a lot of energy, and takes up little space. Its maintenance is no problem.

Lebedev Kirill Vitalievich

Rubber shredder AMD-600D

With its help, high-quality and efficient industrial grinding of rubber waste of varying density and elasticity into crumbs occurs. Soft and thin rubber does not hang up or get wound. Centrifugal forces lead to the release of crumbs. The equipment is in demand among manufacturers of tires, insulators, structural parts, seals, warehouses and professional processors of raw materials. The 11 kW motor does not consume much electricity. Using the calibrating mesh holes measuring 10 or 20 mm, it is possible to adjust the diameter of the emerging crumbs. The range of processed materials is very wide: from hard and soft polymers to textiles, hay, foam rubber and packaging.

Miroshkin Yaroslav Nikolaevich

Rubber shredder AMD-600DU

The equipment is the result of improvement and modification of the AMD-600D crusher model. This explains the similarity of the characteristics and capabilities of the machines. Their productivity is 80-120 kg/h. Engine power 11 kW. However, the engine in the latest model is placed on the frame, and the 6 side knives are less dull and require re-sharpening less often. Belt drive reduces load and vibration. Thus, the model will last even longer, work more efficiently and with better quality. The models do not have large dimensions, are not pretentious to environmental conditions, are not traumatic, and are affordable.

Senkin Dmitry Eduardovich

All models of our equipment, working with rubber of varying degrees of elasticity, meet modern quality and safety requirements. To buy a rubber shredder, just dial our phone number and discuss your choice, time and place of delivery with the manager. The customer will not have to wait long, because our warehouses are constantly replenished with new models.

Enterprises involved in the production of rubber elements, tires, tubes and other similar products often use rubber shredders.

They allow you to recycle tires, tubes and other elements made of rubber. The material remains flexible and elastic, retaining its molecular formula

How to choose the right crusher

You should choose this type of equipment based on the following parameters:

• build quality;
• high-strength knife metal that can withstand constant heavy loads;
• overall dimensions of the device;
• dimensions of the receiving neck;
• engine power.;
• maximum amount of processed material per hour.

Taking into account all the above points, you can choose a crumb rubber shredder for your specific tasks. Engine power should not be neglected. By overloading it with constant actions, it will not cope with the required volume of material that needs to be processed and will experience regular failures and breakdowns. In addition, our company offers tire recycling lines.

Before tires go into the shredding container, they must be cut. Rubber tire parts instantly turn into crumbs, significantly saving you time and money on more expensive equipment.

High-quality work of the shredder will give you undamaged, flexible and elastic crumb rubber. Parts and elements of high quality and strength are produced from recycled materials.

One of the environmental problems is the disposal of used tires. Improper disposal of rubber causes irreparable harm to the environment and human health. Recycling recyclables using a tire shredder can help solve this issue.

You can purchase the required model remotely using Internet resources. The application is completed quickly and easily, and delivery is carried out in the shortest possible time.

Process Benefits of Using a Tire Shredder

• Rubber shredder shows high performance in the presence of impurities

  The unit is capable of processing small and large recyclable materials

  The final product is in demand in the national economy

  The unit meets the requirements of the European standard

  The product is competitive on the market

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Purchasing an innovative original shredder at prices below market prices;

You are guaranteed: free consultation, friendly attitude and individual approach to each order;

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Contacting the company guarantees the selection of a tire shredder in accordance with the specified requirements;

Delivery and payment of goods is beneficial for both parties to the transaction.

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There are more than 1.1 billion passenger cars in the world. The number of registered cars in Russia is about 46 million. This means that if we add trucks, then there are about 5 billion tires running on the roads of the world. The number of tires in landfills around the world is unknown. In Russia, according to various estimates, from 30 to 45 million tires are thrown away per year. There is no need to talk about the harm that such waste causes to the environment.

The issue of recycling and disposal of car tires is acute throughout the world.

There is not a single country in which this problem is considered solved. In our country, according to various sources, from 8 to 12% of old tires and conveyor belts are recycled. These figures indicate that tire recycling as a business has good prospects.

However, having decided to run a rubber processing business, you must carefully choose the processing method and imagine all the pitfalls of such a business. Choosing a processing method, and therefore the direction of your investment, is a very complex task. Enterprises that produce equipment for one or another processing method naturally praise their method and carefully hide its shortcomings. In this article we will try to make the task of choosing a processing method easier. Remember that there is no perfect method. Everyone has flaws. Here are the main ways to recycle car tires:

• reuse by applying a new tread (in this case, after reuse, the tire still needs to be recycled);
• combustion to produce thermal energy;
• heating without air access or with limited air access (pyrolysis);
• grinding to produce crumb rubber, recycled metal and textile threads;
• burial and use for strengthening the coastline, installing fences, etc. This method is prohibited in most countries, including Russia. We will not consider it.

We do not consider in this article applying new tread to worn tires (“welding”). This is a method of extending the life of tires rather than recycling them. But let's look at other methods in more detail. When evaluating recycling options, you should have a basic knowledge of the tire material composition.

Tire material composition

The main components of tires are cord (metal, textile or mixed), rubber, filler (soot), auxiliary materials (thermal stabilizers, anti-ozonators, etc.), adhesives (contain polychlorinated hydrocarbons and some other materials in small quantities. If we do not consider metal cord (which is a steel wire coated with brass - an alloy of copper and zinc), then the composition of the tires includes: hydrocarbons (rubber, etc.), carbon (soot), silicon dioxide, sulfur (vulcanizing agent in rubber and other components), polychlorides (in adhesives) and some other components in small quantities. Contrary to popular belief about the presence of arsenic in tires, it is not there. Heavy metals are also absent (except for a small amount of copper and zinc on the surface of the steel cord). Lead is also not used in modern tires. All these components undergo changes during tire processing and form new substances, many of which are more dangerous than the original ones. Now let's look at the advantages and disadvantages of various tire recycling methods.

Burning tires to produce thermal energy

The method seems attractive. Therefore, it is worth talking about it in more detail.

Burning one ton of tires produces approximately the same amount of thermal energy as one ton of thermal coal.

What is the problem? Firstly, tires cannot be burned in conventional thermal power plants. You need special equipment and preparation of raw materials. Secondly, when sulfur is burned, it produces large amounts of sulfur dioxide (sulfur dioxide). This requires a special cleaning installation. The problem is being solved, but the equipment is very expensive. Thirdly, polychlorides at insufficient combustion temperatures form one of the most dangerous substances - dioxin. Available international experience indicates that this method has the right to life only when processing very large quantities (more than 100 tons) per day, requires huge capital investments and is profitable only in the case of subsidies (financial support) from the state.

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Tire pyrolysis

The process involves heating the material to 400–500 degrees without access to oxygen (air). This produces pyrolysis gas, a liquid hydrocarbon fraction, soot and steel cord waste. You can find excellent product costing. For example, from 1 ton of tires you can get 500 kg of liquid hydrocarbon fraction (fuel and even gasoline!), 200 kg of gas (used to heat the reactor and save fuel), 200 kg of carbon black and 100 kg of metal. What's the problem? Ask yourself a question: where does sulfur disappear if it contains up to 10% silicon dioxide? Very simple. Most of the sulfur turns into hydrogen sulfide (the strongest poison, a substance of hazard class 1), which is contained in pyrolysis gases. The other part of the sulfur forms carbon disulfide and other compounds, which go into the liquid fraction. And finally, the residue, which is bashfully called carbon black, contains metal sulfides (mainly sodium and calcium). Where did the silicon dioxide disappear - into the residue. The fate of polychlorides is even more complex. Some of them go into the residue, some form hydrogen chloride (not a gift!), and some form dioxins, which can be found in all products. This “carbon black” will not be used by any responsible consumer. You can't bury it either. By recycling tires in this way, we will create a bunch of new problems. These problems can be solved, but require large capital investments, which calls into question the profitability of this method without government assistance.

Grinding tires to obtain rubber crumbs

The essence of the method is very simple. Tires are shredded. In this case, three products are formed - metal, crumb rubber (we will consider the directions of its use below) and textile cord waste.

With such processing, virtually no chemical changes occur (no new toxic waste is generated).

This is the main advantage of the method. What are the problems? It is very difficult to separate textile threads from crumb rubber and the textile material thus obtained is practically a new waste. We will further show how this problem can be solved. But at the initial stages it is better to start processing purely steel-cord tires. This will significantly reduce capital costs. The key problems when constructing a mini-tire recycling plant are the following problems.

1. Choosing a location for production. Construction or use of existing structures.
2. Selection, purchase and installation of equipment.
3. Obtaining a processing license.
4. Formation of reliable channels for obtaining raw materials and marketing finished products.

Let's look at everything in order.

Production site and buildings

Even a mini-tire recycling plant requires a fairly large site. Most of the production site will be occupied by a warehouse for raw materials (tires) and finished products. The tire recycling line occupies a fairly large area - 150–300 m2. It is better to clarify this after choosing the equipment. The height of the building (or hangar) is 5–6 meters. The production site must be sufficiently remote from residential buildings. Minimum distance 200-500 m. The best place is an industrial zone. When recycling tires, the material heats up quite strongly and releases volatile substances with a specific odor. Local ventilation is required. It is necessary to provide special absorption cartridges as part of the ventilation equipment. They are produced industrially.

Equipment for processing tires into crumbs

For processing tires into crumbs, the price of equipment is not prohibitive. However, the cost of a set of equipment of 10–15 million rubles should be considered minimal. The choice of equipment for processing tires into crumbs is quite wide. There are Russian-made and imported lines. When choosing equipment, don’t pay too much attention to brands.

Tire recycling line

If possible, visit an existing production facility and listen to all about the problems of this production. When purchasing equipment, it is better to focus on complete lines, but some components can be used or purchased separately. Here is the minimum list of equipment:

• shredders (shredder, hydraulic shears, tape cutter);
• separators (air and magnetic);
• conveyors;
• vibrating screens

All those who have decided to start a business of processing worn rubber into crumbs are faced with the dilemma of choosing the right equipment for their enterprise. But not all equipment offered on our market will bring you real and stable income!

Choosing the wrong equipment entails:

- losses and wasted time;

- loss of your investments once and for all!

You will have to invest above the price in additional components. If the equipment “stops”, then every day of downtime is money that has passed PAST you. Low-quality equipment will not be able to provide you with high-quality crumb rubber and the required volume to recoup production costs. The issue of equipment payback will drag on for many years or you will have to forget about it altogether, not to mention the profit!

Of course, European equipment for processing worn rubber is high-quality and reliable, but the cost of this equipment (on average about 2 million euros or more) is an unaffordable amount for many beginning entrepreneurs, especially since the payback for such equipment will be more than 7 years, which, of course, becomes uninteresting and illusory in the face of growing competition and constantly changing events. And it’s not a fact that the equipment will be manufactured in Europe. For example: many well-known companies in our, European or American markets pass off their equipment as European, although they assemble it entirely in China. There are a lot of examples of such companies - manufacturers (resellers). For example, one well-known American company, which is also represented on our market, simply resells equipment from a Chinese manufacturer under its own brand. The same companies (resellers) are present on the Russian market, passing off their installations as their own and convincing that they were either assembled in Europe, or assembled by them, but with European components and so on. No matter how you twist these numerous phrases, the essence does not change. China is China, and if you decide to buy equipment from Chinese manufacturers, then buy it without numerous intermediaries who inflate more than 100 percent of the marginal profit on non-functioning equipment, without bearing any responsibility, much less a guarantee. And the breakdowns will be serious and permanent.

For greater clarity and understanding of this issue, we will analyze all the pitfalls that you may encounter when purchasing equipment.

The bulk of the equipment offered in our country includes a so-called preparatory group. Sellers explain its necessity by saying that by preparing the rubber before feeding it into the shredder, productivity increases, the knives in the shredder become less dull, and so on. All this is pure fairy tales and inventions of ignorant “professionals”! This only reduces productivity, and the knives in shredders, if they are made of the right steel, are dulled more quickly by the rubber itself than by rubber that contains a metal cord.

Returning to the preparatory group, let's consider its components:

1 . Puller for metal bead ring of tires. Used to pull out the bead ring. Costs: work requires one person, additional electricity; if the unit breaks down, you cannot work on the tire processing line (it risks breaking the shredder and impact crushers). If for some reason it was not possible to pull out the bead ring, it must be cut from the tire using a grinder or a special cutting machine. The average time to tear out or trim a tire bead is about 7-10 minutes on each side.

2. Machines for cutting prepared tires into strips and chips. Used for cutting small pieces of rubber (average up to 15 cm) for feeding into the main shredder for processing. Costs: one person is required to operate the machine, additional costs for electricity and maintenance, in case of breakdown, the entire equipment stops. The average time to cut one truck wheel into the required chips is 15 minutes.

3. Guillotine shears and other additional units for cutting prepared tires into pieces. Used for cutting truck and passenger tires for easy feeding into the shredder. Costs: One person is required to operate the machine, additional electricity consumption and other consumable parts. The average time to cut one truck wheel into the required chips takes 10 minutes.

So, what do these auxiliary machines and units give you? There is only one answer - expenses, breakdowns, high production costs of the finished product and numerous costs for repairs and modernization of equipment.

The real cost of producing crumb rubber using equipment with a preparatory group is 12-13 rubles (or even higher) per kilogram, provided that this equipment is working properly. And most importantly, it is simply not realistic to process the volume of tires according to the stated characteristics! Many enterprises that operate on similar equipment work in two shifts (during the day they prepare rubber for processing, and at night they process what they prepared during the day), but even then they cannot get two tons of finished crumbs from the same 500th model. thereby earning a maximum of 3,000 rubles per day. And then only when the equipment is working properly. It is much more profitable with such profitability to work in a taxi or even as a loader, and there is nothing funny about that!

It is IMPOSSIBLE to operate such equipment profitably. Don't reinvent the wheel, look at things with real eyes, otherwise you will get what many people got. (to enlarge, click on the photo).

Equipment for grinding worn rubber from our company

In turn, we offer you actually working equipment, where the real cost of producing a kilogram of crumbs does not exceed 5.5 rubles:

Equipment in which, from the entire preparatory group, only guillotine shears are included, which are used only for cutting truck tires into 4 uniform parts.

Equipment that actually employs 3 people.

Equipment that actually processes the volume stated according to its characteristics.

Equipment that is entirely made, developed and assembled in Russia.

Equipment on which you can actually make money with more than 100% marginal profit!

For purchasing questions or other additional clarifications and consultations, you can contact the offices of our company by contacting us by phone or filling out the feedback form.

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It has long been known that worn-out tires that are out of service are a potential source of environmental pollution and environmental damage. Processing tires into crumbs at home is just as popular a method as the factory ones. Rubber waste from used tires is virtually non-biodegradable and takes hundreds of years to decompose.

It should be noted that this rubber waste is a flammable material, and if a huge number of tires catch fire, they can pose a threat of poisoning to everyone nearby, since rubber releases carcinogenic toxins when burned, such as benzopyrene. Storage in landfills leads to the proliferation of rodents and insects, which are sources of dangerous infections. To avoid deterioration of the environmental situation in Russia and abroad, proper disposal, namely waste recycling, is required. Without constant recycling, an environmental crisis could occur very soon.

Recycling

Recycling is also economically beneficial. From car tires you can obtain various types of valuable recyclable materials, as well as produce a huge amount of finished products. From waste rubber powder of a very fine fraction (about 0.2 mm) new car tires and rubber shoes are produced; this secondary resource is popular in Russia and the CIS countries.

Powder from waste of larger fractions is used in the production of composite roofing materials, rubber-bitumen mastic, waterproofing materials, and rubber coatings. Scrap metal is obtained from metal cord, which is also used by Russian entrepreneurs. Also, textiles and rubber are obtained from tires.

Recycling at home

Particularly active and advanced people have the opportunity to recycle rubber with their own hands. What is needed for this? Used tubes, tires, tires and a little ingenuity. Recycling tires into crumbs at home is quite a complex undertaking. In terms of their properties, tubes from old tires are more suitable. They are softer and more easily susceptible to external influences.

According to one scenario, the rubber should be cooled to a temperature of approximately -75°C. Agree, not everyone has such an opportunity. So let's use the traditional scenario:

• Take your cameras
• Remove all unnecessary elements from them
• Cut them into thin strips
• Chop these strips

The rubber shredder in this case is an ax or scissors.

Mechanical processing method

The most professional method. A production line is a sequence of installed working devices, through which the material becomes a finished product.

Processing into crumb rubber goes through three stages:

1. Preliminary preparation of tires. Initially, they are washed and cleared of impurities, after which they are transported by conveyor to the primary crushing unit, where they are ground by knife crushers to large pieces (30-50 mm).
2. At the second stage of the technological process, the primary processed raw materials are fed using a belt conveyor into a hammer crusher, where they are crushed a second time to smaller sizes (10-20 mm). It is at this stage of processing that the metal and textile cord and bead wire are separated from the rubber. Textiles are separated by a special textile removal system, and metal is separated by a magnetic separator. The collected metal waste is then briquetted.
3. At the final stage, processing into crumbs is already carried out. An extruder is used as equipment for processing tires into crumbs, a grinder in which the rubber mass is ground into a fine powder. At this stage of tire processing, additional cleaning of the crumbs from textiles and metal is also carried out using a gravity separator. After this, the crushed rubber crumb is divided into fractions and packaged in 20 kg polyethylene bags or big bags (soft containers) with a carrying capacity of up to 1000 kg.

Today there are a sufficient number of manufacturers of this equipment on the Russian market.

Chemical processing method

With the chemical treatment method, car tires undergo pyrolysis. With this processing method, thermal decomposition of rubber into its component elements occurs. The tires are first crushed into a homogeneous mass and sent to the oven, where they decompose at a temperature of 500 - 800 °C. This procedure lasts 10 - 20 minutes. During the thermal decomposition of rubber, about 50% hydrogen and 26% methane are formed, as well as solid pyrolysis products, which are then used in wastewater treatment at wastewater treatment plants in Russia.

There is also an effective, but expensive physical and chemical method for processing tires into crumb rubber - cryogenic grinding of car tires. Crushing of rubber is carried out in a special cooling chamber at extremely low temperatures (down to - 120 ° C). A refrigerant (liquid nitrogen) is supplied to this chamber, cooling it to ultra-low temperatures. Under strong cooling conditions, rubber acquires a glassy state. Crushing of rubber occurs when struck with a special hammer. After grinding, textiles and metal are removed from the rubber crumb.

Nowadays, there are many mini-factories for processing tires. The business plan for recycling car tires is quite simple. To implement it, you will need modern equipment for processing car tires, equipment for warehouses, fuel tanks, tools and clothing for workers, as well as the cost of installing equipment. Registration of the enterprise and a license that will allow you to engage in this type of activity are required. To start this business you will need significant start-up capital.